[Newspoetry] Ape Prompt

[John Wason]

At 10:53 PM 01/22/2002 +0000, Jay Morris wrote:

>>From: William Gillespie <gillespi at uiuc.edu>
>>
>>Assignment:
>>
>>Assume, as the poem does, that the ape actually could write in response
>>to Dr. Bluespire’s “prompt” and reproduce the first poem the ape writes.
>>Your poem should be at least 14 lines long and must  be in English (no
>>Oooook ooook screeeeee waughscreeeeee! gibberish—though a couple of
>>ape-like neologisms are allowed, if you so desire).



>Subject #457's Haiku
>
>football game is on
>lab tech's gone out for more beer
>chew, chew, swallow, breathe
>
>salty snacks taste good
>miami's about to score!
>chew, chew, breathe, uh-oh!
>
>oops i spilt my beer!
>how long have i been down here?
>how embarassing!


This is only nine lines, not 14.  How embarrassing!  :)